Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to kilometers is 0.0003048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.0003048 kilometers:

1 ft = 0.0003048 km

To convert 5279 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5279 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.0003048 km

5279 ft → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 5279 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.6090392 km

The final result is:

5279 ft → 1.6090392 km

We conclude that 5279 feet is equivalent to 1.6090392 kilometers:

5279 feet = 1.6090392 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.6214888984681 × 5279 feet.

Another way is saying that 5279 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.6214888984681 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand two hundred seventy-nine feet is approximately one point six zero nine kilometers:

5279 ft ≅ 1.609 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point six two one times five thousand two hundred seventy-nine feet.

Conversion table

feet to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to kilometers